Washboard.



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l) JI) Nrrnn rares JOHN CARROLL, OF CANISTEO, NEW YORK.

WASHBOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,877, dated October17, 1899.

Application iilcd July 1S, 1899. Serial No. 723,723. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, JOHN CARROLL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Canisteo, in the county of Steuben and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Vashboard, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in washboards.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofwashboards, more especially those which have their rubbingsurfacesformed byQwires or staples, and to provide a simple, inexpensive, andefficient one in which the staples forming the rubbingsurface will bearranged to cause a minimum amount of jar to the hands of the operator,and to provide spaces or passages for the water and dirt to prevent thelatter from accumulating around the staples and from being therebyrubbed into the clothes.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a'washboard constructed inaccordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2 2of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail view illustratin g the construction andarrangement of the staples. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of aportion of the rubbing-surface of the washboard.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l designates the frame of a washboard, having a base-board or back 2,provided with a rubbing-surface consisting of staples 3, arranged at anangle to each other, as clearly shown in Figi of the accompanyingdrawings, and the said staples, which have av general directiondiagonally of the base-board, are spaced apart to permit water and dirtto iiow freely around their ends. The inclination or angular dispositionof the staples which form the rubbing-surface of the washboard relievesthe hands of the operator of much of the jar which is experienced Whenthe rubbing-surface is formed by staples disposed transversely of theboard and presenting abrupt or positive shoulders.

In order to prevent dirt from accumulating around the staples and beingWorked into clothes and other fabrics, each staple has its outer portione angularly bent at its ends t0 provide bearing portions 5 and to offsetthe intermediate portion to form a space or passage between the same andthe face of the base-board. By this construction dirt and water arepermitted to pass throu gh the staples as well as around the endsthereof, and there is no liability of dirt accumulating around thestaples and of being rubbed into the clothes.

The frame of the washboard, which may be constructed in any suitablemanner, is preferably composed of side bars 7, a top connecting-bar S,and a backing 9, which is spaced from the upper portion of thebase-board, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings. Theterminals of the staples are preferably tapered and are embedded in thebase-board, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the accompanyingdrawings.

It will be seen that the rubbing-surface of the washboard is simple andcomparatively inexpensive in construction, that it is strong anddurable, and that the staples are constructed and arranged to relievethe hands of the operator of jar and to cause the dirt and water to fiowthrough them, as well as around their ends, to prevent the former fromaccumulating around the staples and becoming rubbed into the clothes orother fabrics being washed.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details ofconstruction within the scope of the appended claim may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit or sacrilicing any of the advantagesof this invention.

That is claimed is- A washboard having a base-board or back, andprovided with a rubbing-surface consisting of staples mounted on thebase-board or back and having their outer portions offset between theirends to provide spaces or passages for water and dirt, substantiallydescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN CARROLL.

Witnesses:

ALMON W. BURRELL, NICHOLAS WEYNAND.

